Quick Steps To Transform A Decaying Nigeria, By Femi Akinfolarin
Reorganise the judiciary completely, and have an advisory committee of the Nigerian Judicial Council that would be composed of foreigners who would have the right to remove the chief judge or otherwise discipline any erring judicial official. All crimes would be punishable by deportation once the person has been convicted.…
This ‘Next Level’, By Dele Agekameh
The leaps and bounds of the Buhari administration in some areas have been followed by dips and drops in other areas. In moving forward, the country and this administration must realise that we can only be as strong as our weakest link. We must not get lost in the euphoria…
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2019 Election Petition: All Eyes On The Judiciary, By Mahmud Abubakar
In view of the emerging evidence of collusion, lies and outright falsehood about the conduct of the 2019 presidential election and the release of results, everyone now looks up to the judiciary to determine the truth about who won that election. Also, in many parts of the country, the environment…
Second Term: Oshiomhole As A Governing Cancer, By SKC Ogbonnia
The objective fact is that Adams Oshiomhole neither has any sense of history nor the vision to lead a progressive party. Instead of fortifying the cardinal principles of the APC, which promote inclusiveness, diversity of opinion, and mass empowerment, the only vision Nigerians have seen from the former union activist…
EU Election Report: Straight From Janus!, By Banji Ojewale
I have no doubt EU EOM’s report is Janus-faced in giving room for complaisant sentiments from the poll gladiators. But its moral verdict isn't double-edged. It is crystal clear: it is asking us to go back to what we neglected in Uwais which could have spared us this crushing cudgel…
Celebrating Democracy Day With Election Rigmarole, By Femi Aribisala
No June 12 declaration as Democracy Day can obfuscate the rape of democracy we have just witnessed. What we have in Nigeria is not government of the people by the people and for the people; but government of the government by the government and for the government. The Nigeria of…
June 12 and Its New False Interpreters, By Louis Odion
...illogical verbiage like this will only lend credence again to the notion held by some that Kola was perhaps too consumed by the hot pursuit of a love interest in Minna all through the 90s to have a clear understanding of what otherwise transpired right under his nose. Never known…
Kokori As Metaphor for June 12 Heroes, By Felix Oboagwina
...Kokori stands as a metaphor for our unrewarded heroes of democracy, who remain sidelined while charlatans and pretenders run the show. Frank Ovie Kokori has suffered; really suffered! Physically. Psychologically. Politically. Professionally. This diminutive labour leader has passed through “hell.” Today, he spends his life savings nursing a wife virtually…
Stopping the Aspersions Being Cast On Rhodes-Vivour, By Akingbolade Akinbobola
Should the judiciary, on the basis of an alleged bias that is neither actual nor apparent but merely contrived, disqualify an upright man who has served admirably in the temple of justice for over forty years? Should a judge who has served meritoriously on the Bench for twenty-five years be…
Ganduje: Abandoning Education, While Dismantling a 1,000-Year Heritage, By Concerned Citizens
We are concerned because abandoning the interest of Kano’s children for the pecuniary interest of persons in power who are determined to shut up and expel voices of progress undermines the future of the State. Abandoning education of our children for self-conceit and irresponsible use of power is an unfolding…
